The Ag Risk Education Library
The Ag Risk Education Library is a major component of the Extension Risk Management Education Program. It organizes thousands of risk management materials which help producers and agricultural professionals quickly locate information, tools, and assistance on specific risk management topics. The Library also is a great resource for organizations wanting to develop risk management education opportunities for producers. The Library provides information about most of the risk management education projects funded through the Regional Extension Risk Management Education Centers, (click on Funding and Projects at the Library site).
The Library includes several major components:
Ag Risk Education Library (Main Library) – This is the core of the Library, containing over 2,000 documents organized by production, marketing, financial, legal, and human risk topics.
Budget Library – Offering more than 2,750 crop budgets representing over 280 crops and more than 425 livestock budgets. All are available to help producers evaluate alternative enterprises.
FINBIN Financial Database – Containing actual cost of production data from 3,500 farms representing more than 3.2 million acres of cropland, over 65,000 dairy cows, and more than 900,000 pigs.
Funding and Projects – Information from the risk management education projects funded through the four Regional Extension Risk Management Education Centers. Search by state, region, topic and other criteria.
The fastest way to find information on a specific risk management topic is to Search by Topic. This option allows you to quickly view an organized list of risk management materials available in the Ag Risk Library.
The Library is brought to you by the Digital Center for Risk Management Education at the University of Minnesota and is supported by all four Extension Regional Risk Management Education Centers. Funding for the Library is provided by USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture.